Website Down Checker (Is It Down?)
Check whether a website is up from our server: HTTP status, redirect chain, response time, server software and security headers — a quick is-it-down-or-just-me test.
September 29, 2026
A basic RMM monitoring policy for small-business endpoints: disk, patching and antivirus
A practical baseline monitoring policy for Windows endpoints in an RMM tool, with thresholds for disk space, patch age and Defender health, the PowerShell checks behind each monitor, and how to keep alert noise down.
September 29, 2026
Fix vCenter root password expired and VCSA disk full (/storage/log)
Recover a vCenter Server Appliance whose root password has expired or whose /storage/log or /storage/seat partition has filled, using the console, chage, VAMI, log cleanup and disk expansion on vCenter 8 and 9.
September 29, 2026
dcdiag repadmin Health Check: 7 Critical Tests Explained
A practical walk-through of the dcdiag and repadmin commands worth running on every domain controller, what the important tests such as Advertising, SysVolCheck and KCC actually check, and how to read the failures they produce.
September 29, 2026
GoAccess cPanel: AWStats and Webalizer Replacement Before 140
cPanel is retiring AWStats, Webalizer and Analog once GoAccess ships in version 140. This guide explains what changes, how to install and test GoAccess now on 136 and 138, and how to prepare customers who depend on the old reports.
September 29, 2026
MySQL 8.4 vs 9.7 LTS: what hosting admins need to know
Oracle now ships MySQL as an innovation track plus periodic LTS releases; this guide compares the two current LTS versions, 8.4 and 9.7, on support dates, defaults, control-panel availability and upgrade paths, so a hosting provider can set a version policy.
September 29, 2026
MariaDB support timeline 2026–2029: which LTS should your servers run?
The current MariaDB long-term-support and rolling-release schedule as of late 2026, what each version's end-of-life date means for hosting servers, how cPanel and DirectAdmin support differs, and a simple policy for deciding when to move.
September 29, 2026
cPanel Disk Full: Safe Cleanup of Logs, Backups and Mail
A safe order of operations for reclaiming space on a cPanel server that has hit 100%, covering the fastest wins in logs, backups, the Exim queue, cPanel's own caches and package cache, and how to find the account-level growth that caused it.
September 29, 2026
DirectAdmin Service Monitor false restarts and systemd status handling
Why DirectAdmin's Service Monitor restarts a service that appears healthy, how the systemd-only implementation from 1.691 decides a service is down, and the unit-file and configuration changes that stop the false positives.
September 29, 2026
DirectAdmin license errors and update failures: da update, IP/hostname mismatches
Working through the license and update problems a DirectAdmin server can hit, from an expired or IP-bound licence to a da update that cannot reach the download servers, with the commands and log lines that identify each one.
September 29, 2026
cPanel Quotas Unlimited: fixquotas Repair
Why cPanel accounts show unlimited or zero disk usage after a migration, reboot or filesystem change, and how to repair user quotas on XFS and ext4 with fixquotas, mount options, quotacheck and the XFS project-quota caveats on AlmaLinux 9 and 10.
September 29, 2026
“cPanel license is invalid”: troubleshooting manage2, IP changes and firewalls
What to check when WHM shows a licence error, including the licence server verification tool, IP mismatches after a migration, NAT and firewall blocks on the licence check, expired trials and stale manage2 entries, with the exact commands to confirm each cause.
September 29, 2026